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   Feb 18, 2021 · Find out more about Virgin Records, the company that started the Virgin brand. Discover the artists that have released music on the label over the years.

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   Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman.

   • Founded: Virgin Records Ltd., 1972; 51 years ago, Virgin Records America, Inc., 1986; 37 years ago

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   Dec 18, 2015 · A Brief History Of Virgin Records. By Daryl Easlea. ( Prog ) published 18 December 2015. Relive the magic of some of greatest imprints of all time in Prog’s bite-sized label guide. Outside of the traditional major labels, Virgin is probably the one record company the person in the street will be aware of.

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   Is Virgin Records still a company?

   • Virgin Records America, Inc. was the company's North American operations founded in 1986. They are no longer active and were headquartered in Hollywood, California, and operated under the Capitol Music Group imprint, now also owned by UMG, since 2012. The US operations had also taken on the name Virgin Records.

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   Who started Virgin Records?

   • Starting the Virgin Records label was no accident, but it was more by happenstance than by design. It involved a painfully shy 19-year-old prodigy – Mike Oldfield, and Anglo-French Prog band – Gong, a German Krautrock band – Faust and a 17th century Oxfordshire manor house.

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   What happened to Virgin Records?

   • In 1983 Virgin purchased Charisma Records, renaming it Charisma/Virgin, then later Virgin/Charisma, before folding the label in 1986 and transferring its remaining artists to Virgin. In the process they acquired Genesis and comedy group Monty Python.

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   Who has signed to Virgin Records?

   • Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells was the first album Virgin Records released. It went on to be one of the biggest selling records of the 1970s and featured on the soundtrack to The Exorcist. Over the years, some of the biggest names in music have signed to Virgin Records, including Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, Spice Girls and Taylor Swift.

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   Dec 31, 2012 · When Virgin Records was formed in 1973 Genesis were making their fifth album, Selling England By the Pound; it was the one that proved to be their commercial breakthrough. They were a big band...

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   Dec 23, 2013 · 0:00 / 1:00. Virgin Records: 40 years of disruptions -- The whole story in immersive digital editions. EMI Records. 2.47K subscribers. Subscribe. Share. 3.9K views 9 years ago. Download our...

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